After you successfully register on the RC Console, your first app is created automatically, and an App Key for the Development environment is generated by default. You can get this information directly from the App key page in the Console.
Prerequisites
We recommend you understand the following basic concepts:
What is the Development environment?
The Development (Dev) environment is for developers to integrate and test. This environment has a limit of 100 test users.
What is the Production environment?
The Production (Prod) environment is the commercial environment for your live app. There is no limit on the number of registered users in this environment. Services are enabled per App Key. When you enable the Production environment, all service switches are in their default state. Therefore, you need to keep track of the services you have enabled in the Dev environment and enable them accordingly in the Prod environment.
Configuration details
App Key: The unique identifier for your app in the IM (Dev/Prod) environment. It is required when initializing the client SDK and when making requests to the RongCloud Server API.
Note: The same app has two different App Keys, one for the Dev environment and one for the Prod environment. Do not mix them up.
App Secret: The App Secret is used only to generate data signatures for requests to the RongCloud Server API. Refreshing the App Secret will invalidate previously issued user authorization Tokens. For details on when to refresh the App Secret, when Tokens expire, and the impact of refreshing the App Secret, please see the screenshot description:
If you have any questions, feel free to submit a ticket to us.